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233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)
233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)
233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)
233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)
233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)
233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)

233 NGC Ch VF Severus Alexander Egypt Rare Tetradrachm Isis Bust R3 (20090903C)

$ 263.47

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  • Grade: Ch VF
  • Historical Period: Roman: Provincial (100-400 AD)
  • Certification: NGC
  • Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
  • Era: Ancient
  • Year: 233 AD
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm

    Description

    Rare Choice
    Very Fine dated
    Severus Alexander as Emperor
    Roman Egypt Alexandria tetradrachm coin, 11.96g.
    NGC Certified to Ch VF.
    Dated to the Emperor's 13
    th regnal year given by
    Greek letters I Gamma = 233/234 CE.
    Obverse: draped, cuirassed & laureate head of Severus Alexander facing right with full legends in Greek.
    Reverse: Egyptian goddess Isis facing right surrounded by date letters L I Gamma (= 13) with palm branch to right.
    Coin has silvered surfaces, very scarce as such.
    Pedigree: old French collection from the early 1990s with his annotated flip.
    Emmett 3111/13, rated as R3 (R5 highest rarity).
    Isis is the ancient Egyptian goddess of magic, fertility and motherhood, and death, healing and rebirth. She is the first daughter of Geb (the god of the Earth) and Nut (the goddess of the sky) born on the first day of the first years of creation.